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Six Stocks That Could Double in Five Years

SPECIAL REPORT: WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE MARKETS We asked four top stockpickers for their best ideas. They came back with six names—Oracle, Bank of America, Sprint, HP, ITC Holdings and Steiner Leisure—that could deliver market-beating results.

U.S. stocks fell 5.8% from their May 21 peak before rebounding 2.1% over the past four days. Amid such volatility, investors should keep their eyes on the long term, asking themselves which stocks could do well over the next five years, not the next five weeks.

One way to answer that question is to look at current conditions. Interest rates have jumped this year while inflation remains tame—an unusual combination. Merrill Lynch points out that when something similar happened in 1994, tech stocks did well and utilities...